Gauntlet - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɡɔːntlət|
Brit.
|ˈɡɔːntlət|
noun
- to offer or accept a challenge (syn: gantlet)
- a glove with long sleeve (syn: gantlet)
- a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim (syn: gantlet)
threw down the gauntlet
took up the gauntlet
- a glove of armored leather; protects the hand (syn: gantlet)took up the gauntlet
- a glove with long sleeve (syn: gantlet)
- a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim (syn: gantlet)
Extra examples
The foreign secretary ran the gauntlet of demonstrators.
Word forms
noun
singular: gauntlet
plural: gauntlets
singular: gauntlet
plural: gauntlets
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